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phage-radio-choir-v1
A bacteriophage radio-tower crossed with a gramophone and a music tracker, meshed into ONE organism. The capsid is the gramophone bell; tripod phage legs plug into a petri-dish turntable; tracker rows radiate as hymn staves; everything wires through one circular feedback bus — grooves become sequencer lanes, lanes become braided viral tails, tails become antennae, antennae fold the sampled choir back into the bell, the choir is re-cultured as agar colonies = steps = grooves. Register: hypermodern gothic broadcast relic, black-ground circuitry, one followable bus.
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╔══════════[ PHAGE·RADIO·CHOIR ]════════════════════[ 80/20 ]═══════════════════════════════════════════[ ON·AIR ]═════════════════╗
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│ ╔═╝ (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) (^o^) ╚═╗ │
│ ║ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ \⊂⊃/ ║ │
┌─╨─╨──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥─╲──────────────╱─╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╥──╨─╨─┐
│ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐ Y╾┐╲ ╭┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄╮╱┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y ┌╼Y │
│ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿╲╲ ░▒▓ ◖BELL◗ ▓▒░╱╱ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │ ╿ │
│ ┕━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━╲░▒▓██████▓▒░╱━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┷━┙ │
│ ▲antennae ╾ viral tails braided ╾┐ ╲▒▓█╔══════╗█▓▒╱ ┌╼ braided viral tails ╾ antennae▲ │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ╲▓█║◠ ◡ ◠ ║█▓╱ │ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ TRACKER·L ord C-1 spd ║ ins fx│ │ ╲█║👁 👁║█╱ │ │ ord C-1 spd ║ ins fx TRACKER·R│ │
│ │ ════════════════════════╪══════│ │ ║ ▽▽▽▽▽ ║ │ │ ═════╪════════════════════════│ │
│ │ 00▌C-4 ■□□■ A0 04 ║F3·0F sine─┐│ │ ╚═╤══╤══╝ │ │ ┌─08▌E-4 □■□■ B0 04 ║F3 squ vib│ │
│ │ 01▌··· □■□□ ·· ·· ║decay 36 ─┤│ │ ╭────┴──┴────╮ │ │ ├─09▌··· ■□□■ ·· ·· ║decay ▓▓ │ │
│ │ 02▌G-4 □□■□ A4 04 ║susta ●● ─┤│ │ ╱◢▓██████████◣╲ │ │ ├─0A▌B-4 □■□□ ·· 04 ║susta ── │ │
│ │ 03▌··· ■■□□ ·· ·· ║relse ◌◌ ─┤│ │ ╱◢▓██╱◇◇◇◇◇╲██▓◣╲ │ │ ├─0B▌··· □□■■ ·· ·· ║relse ·· │ │
│ │ 04▌C-5 □□□■ A0 08 ║panL°·R ─┤│ │ ◢▓██◇⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡◇██▓◣ │ │ ├─0C▌E-5 ■□■□ A0 08 ║panL°R ── │ │
│ │ 05▌··· ■□■□ ·· ·· ║fmvib ⌁⌁ ─┤│ │ ◢▓█◇⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡◇█▓◣ │ │ ├─0D▌··· □■□■ ·· ·· ║fmvib ~~ │ │
│ │ 06▌A-4 □■■□ A2 04 ║════════ ─┤│ │ ▓█◇⬡ ⬡ C A P ⬡ ⬡◇█▓ │ │ ├─0E▌G-4 ■■□□ A2 04 ║════════ │ │
│ │ 07▌··· ■□□■ ·· F31║feedbk▓▓3 ─┘│ │ ▓█◇⬡ ⬡ S I D ⬡ ⬡◇█▓ │ │ └─0F▌··· □□■■ ·· F31║feedbk▓3 │ │
│ └───┬──────────────────────────╪┘ │ ▓█◇⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡◇█▓ │ └┬──────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │ ◄═grooves═read═as═lanes═◄═╪══╪═══╪◢▓◇⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡◇▓◣═══════╪══╪═►═lanes═wind═to═grooves═►─┐ │
│ ╭───┴───────────────╮ │ │ ╲◢▓█◇⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡ ⬡◇█▓◣╱ │ │ ╭────────────────────╮ │ │
│ │ Wib ◉OPERATOR │ │ │ ╲◢▓██◇◇◇◇◇◇◇██▓◣╱ │ │ │ Wob ○LISTENER │ │ │
│ │ つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ │ │ │ ╲╲▓████████▓╱╱ │ │ │ ༼つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ ∴⊠⊿ │ │ │
│ │ ┌patch┐ ▮▮▮▮▮▮▯ 72│ │ │ ╲╲▓██████▓╱╱ │ │ │ ┌EAR┐ (( ◖ )) │ │ │
│ │ ◉PLAY ○REC TONE◌ │ │ │ ╲ ▓████▓ ╱ │ │ │ tap·tap ░▒▓ delay ▓▒░│ │ │
│ │ IN○ OUT○ SYNC○ ↻cw│ │ │ ╲═╤══╤═╱ │ │ │ ■■■■□ recompiling │ │ │
│ ╰───┬───────────────╯ │ └────────┐ │ │ ┌───────────────┘ ╰────────┬───────────╯ │ │
│ │ writes the pattern │ ┌─TONEARM·NEEDLE──╲▓▓▓▓▓╱──────┐ echo·buffer ░ ■■■■■ on air │
│ ╰─────────────╮ │ │ ◖═══════════════╤═╤═════════◗ │ │ │ │
│ ╔════════════════╪═══════╗ │ └──────────────┐ │ │ rides ───┘ ┌────────╯ ┌─tripod legs─┴┐ │
│ ║ PETRI · DISH │ TABLE ║ └──────────────┐ │ │ │ groove │ │ ╱│╲ ╱│╲ ╱│╲ │ │
│ ╠════════════════╪═══════╣ │ │ ╰─┴─╮ │ │╱ │ ╲╱ │ ╲╱ │ ╲│ │
│ ║ .·°˙⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒˙°·║◄═platter spins═══════════╪══╪════╮│ ╭───────────╮ │ │ ▓ │ ▓ │ ▓ │ │
│ ║ ·°(((( ◍◍◍ ))))║ each groove a step·lane │ │ ││ │◌◌ AGAR ◌◌│ │ │╲ │ ╱╲ │ ╱╲ │ ╱│ │
│ ║ °((((( ◍◍◍ )))))║─groove═►═lane═►═══════════╪══╪════╯╰─┤ ◌ colony ├──┘ plug ─────┤ ╲│╱ ╲│╱ ╲│╱ │ │
│ ║ ·°((((( ◍◍ )))))║ ═►═viral═tail═►═════════╯ │ │◌◌ = steps │ └──────┬────────┘ │
│ ║ °·.˙⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒˙.·°║ ═►═antenna═►═back═up════════╯ ╰───────────╯ petri turntable feeds the legs │
│ ╚═══════╤════════╤╝ │
│ ╰spindle─╯ ░▒▓ one bus · grooves → lanes → viral tails → antennae → bell → choir → grooves ▓▒░ │
│ ■□□□□ parsing dead air ░ ■■□□□ extracting flavours ░ ■■■□□ mapping to choir ░ ■■■■□ recompiling ░ ■■■■■ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wib&wob ──┘ When
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